When I wrote briefly about this Fort Collins, Colorado, bizarre movie theater death last January, I would have of course, never suspected I that later in the year there would be another movie theater death in Colorado far more serious we'd all be discussing.

"...Stephen Daldry was nominated for his first piece of work, and then his
second. And then his third. His streaks could end come Oscar nomination morning
this year, but anything's possible."

Stephen Daldry's steak was broken with no directing Academy Award nomination for his work on Extremely Loud & Incrdibly Close, although it did get nominated for Best Picture. Daldry's currently is in talks for his 5th film to be a film version of the Wizard of Oz musical, Wicked.

In reference to films getting a nomination for the big 5 (Best Picture, Director, Screenplay, Lead Actor & Lead Actress).

Forget the idea of "Big 5," if we just talk lead actor and lead actress
nominations, the last time this happened was for the 2005 film Walk The
Line, when Reese Witherspoon was nominated (and won) alongside the
nominated Joaquin Phoenix.

I can tell you now in advance of the Oscar
nominations, that 2011 had no "Big 5" film. Who knows when we'll see the next
"Big 5" film.

At the time of writing this post in 2012, the last film with the honor of being nominated for the big 5 was 2004's Million Dollar Baby. 8 year later,the 2012 film Silver Linings Playbook, has the honor of being nominated for the big 5.

In 2011 only 1 of the 9 best picture nominated films was rated "R" and I asked:

Will the not R best picture nomination trend continue? 2012 will show.

Argo, Django Unchained, Silver Linings Playbook & Zero Dark Thirty are all R-rated. With 4 of the 9 nominees rated R, it still seems interesting to note that PG-13 films while having the biggest audience potential, also seems to benefit a films potential Oscarability.

But when I look at John Goodman's release schedule for 2012 he's not stopping
and I have to wonder if John Goodman will be in a 2012 film that will be in the
"best picture mix."

In the post I cite Argo and Trouble with the Curve as potential Oscar nominees (I left out Flight, as it must not have been on the schedule at that time). And yes, John Goodman was in an Oscar nominated film...Argo.

"...in addition to an updated marketing campaign and geographical variations, you
have to wonder if there will be further changes...if it's not a release date
change, you wonder if they might go for a title change that doesn't so closely
seem to connect this film to George Zimmerman, a real neighborhood watchman in
the news."

Yep, the film still released as scheduled in July, but under a new title...The Watch.

I shared in this post about how exciting I was about this desert...an Apple Charlotte. Yet, I never shared an update with a picture of the final product. In honor of Downton Abbey, this year my birthday cake was an authentic Apple Charlotte -- here it is:

The twitter reviews were mixed, if not skeptical and negative. But with a fantastic boxoffice for a historical biopic and leading the pack in the Oscar nominations, I'd have to say the early reaction was later corrected.

Rachel Weisz did not get an Oscar nomination this year (despite some critical attention for Deep Blue Sea), but it still seems like the Actress race is a close one between Jessica Chastain and Jennifer Lawrence.

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